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  • ...Corps, rendering emergency medical treatment to include initial treatment in a combat environment. Qualified hospital corpsmen may be assigned the respo The colloquial form of address for a Hospital Corpsman is "Doc". In the U.S. Marine Corps, this term is generally used as a sign of respect.
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  • ...ry of France|French military forces]]—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen. The organization [[Is ...ns overseas since World War II.<ref name=HouseReport>{{cite web|accessdate=2007-09-30
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  • ...oduces a large back blast, a significant problem when operating the weapon in urban environments. ...hanistan (2001-present)|Afghanistan War]]<ref name="amnestysweden"/><li> [[Iraq War]]<ref name="amnestysweden"/>
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  • ...M). It is a heavy ATGM intended to replace an older generation of missiles in the Russian inventory, Kornet was designed to deal with current and future .... The missile is believed to have also entered service in the Russian army in 1994<ref>http://www.deagel.com/Anti-Armor-Weapons-and-Missiles/Kornet_a0010
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  • | service = 2007-present | used_by = [[Serbia]], [[Iraq]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}
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  • ...am War]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]] |cartridge= Complete round: -<br>L/60 40x311mmR (1.57 in), L/70 40x364mmR
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  • [[File:M240 CROWS.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[M240|M240 machine gun]] mounted in the Common Remotely Operated Weapon System.]] ...436.htm U.S. GAO - B-310436; B-310436.2, Recon Optical, Inc., December 27, 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> KONGSBERG received a frame-contract of m
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  • | part_length = {{convert|85.6|in}} ...US armed forces]], as well as by [[NATO]]'s and some other nations' forces in ground vehicles and watercraft.
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  • ...Terror]] ([[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], [[Iraq War|Iraq]]) |length= {{mm to in|1650|abbr=on|precision=1|wiki=yes}}
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  • | type = [[Close-in weapon system]] ...//www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_Phalanx.htm |title=USA 20 mm Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) |publisher=Navweaps.com |date= |accessdate=2010-04-13}
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  • ...; and it does claim to be a 'complete account of all things' - to contain, in epitome, all that was known at the time it was written. ...ia'' contributed to the popularization and legitimization of [[Platonism]] in the Arabic world.<ref name="ency-borges">"George Sales observes that this u
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  • ...roleum'' was first used in the treatise ''De Natura Fossilium'', published in 1546 by the [[Germany|German]] mineralogist [[Georg Bauer]], also known as ...nes from [[pentane]] and up are in the form of liquids or solids. However, in the underground [[oil reservoir]] the proportion which is gas or liquid var
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  • ...rs |accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38' ...>]]. Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and
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  • ...arily by [[spinning (textiles)|spinning]]. (Both fibre and fiber are used in this article.) The yarn is processed by [[knitting]] or [[weaving]], which :[[Appliqué]] is a [[sewing]] technique in which [[textile|fabric]] shapes, [[lace]] or [[trim (sewing)|trim]], are se
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  • It was established in 1921: ...certain proposals with regard to the prohibition of the use of white lead in painting, ...</blockquote>
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  • ...llus, Herbert Knopf, Peter Schmidt, Manfred Ohlinger, "Chromium Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005.{ ...in humans for the carcinogenicity of chromium[VI] compounds as encountered in the chromate production, chromate pigment production and chromium plating i
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  • ...-containing molecules such as [[chlorofluorocarbons]] have been implicated in the [[ozone depletion|destruction]] of the [[ozone layer]]. ...ersity of Sheffield and WebElements Ltd, UK]}}</ref> Solutions of chlorine in water contain chlorine (Cl<sub>2</sub>), hydrochloric acid, and hypochlorou
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  • {{sync|List of terrorist incidents in the United States}} * 1881 - [[James A. Garfield]], 20th US President, is shot in Washington by [[Charles J. Guiteau]]
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  • ...ctivity<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Cleveland FBI Special Agent in Charge [[C. Frank Figliuzzi]] and the U.S. attorney's general office credit ...oad by using Mazloum's car dealership as a cover for traveling to and from Iraq, and making verbal threats against the President of the United States.<ref>
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  • ...three others wounded. The perpetrator, Mir Aimal Kasi, shot CIA employees in their cars as they were waiting at a stoplight. ...al]] and first-degree [[murder]], and was executed by [[lethal injection]] in 2002.
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  • {{About|the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 1993|the 2001 attack and destruction of the World Trade Center|September 11 ...hilders.htm |title=Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings: Foreign Terrorists in America: Five Years After the World Trade Center |accessdate=2008-01-08 |la
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  • | caption = [[George Tiller]] gives a mock [[consultation]] in 1997 in the setting of his clinic, Women’s Health Care – [[Wichita, Kansas]], w ...s |url=http://airamerica.com/news/11-13-2009/fbi-got-warning-about-suspect-in-kan-doctor-death/ |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=2009-11-13 |title=Scott
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  • ...tary targets. The following is a '''list of foiled Islamic terrorist plots in the [[Post-9/11]] United States'''. ...=http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020909/aattendants.html|title=Courage In The Air|last=Thomas|first=Cathy Booth|date=September 1, 2002|work=Time Maga
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  • ...matter. Most insurance companies therefore exclude terrorism from coverage in [[Casualty insurance|Casualty]] and [[Property insurance]], or else require ...igned into law the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 which extends the [[Terrorism Risk Insurance Act|Terrorism Risk Insurance A
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  • ...itaries]], [[police department]]s and [[corporation]]s adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed. ...ticular context. Individuals, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
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  • ...vary due to difficulties measuring but, there is a general consensus that in 1996 there was just under 100 websites and to well over 5000 websites today ...h primarily occurred due to evidence recovered from [[Al Qaeda]] computers in Afghanistan, that indicate the Internet was being used to collect intellige
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  • [[File:Vcfightersboat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Viet Cong]] insurgents in the mid-1960s]] ...rd English Dictionary]] second edition 1989 "insurgent B. n. One who rises in revolt against constituted authority; a rebel who is not recognized as a be
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  • ...lly charged.<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrori ...o differences of opinion between various members about the use of violence in the context of conflicts over national liberation and self-determination."<
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  • ...pponents.”<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrori ...se of "systematic use of terror as a policy" was first recorded in English in 1798.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/terrorism]</ref>
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  • ...niversally agreed, legally binding, criminal law [[definition of terrorism#In international law|definition of terrorism]].<ref>Angus Martyn, [http://www. ...publisher=[[Strategic Studies Institute]] (SSI) |quote=The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the offi
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  • {{citations missing|article|date=August 2007}} ...rcise.jpeg|thumb|Police often train to recover hostages taken by force, as in this exercise]]
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  • ...illa warfare''' is a form of [[irregular warfare]] and refers to conflicts in which a small group of [[combatant]]s including, but not limited to, armed The term means "little war" in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], and the word, ''guerrilla'', has been used to
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  • ...ainst women ostensibly supported by Islam's tenets, references to violence in the [[Qur'an]], and acts of terrorisms motivated and/or justified by Islam. ...n-copenhagen-protest-reprinting-of-danish-cartoons.html Bloomberg: Muslims in Copenhagen Protest Reprinting of Danish Cartoons<!-- Bot generated title --
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  • ...n Afghanistan]], the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]] and the [[War in North-West Pakistan|Waziristan War]] .../www.pajhwok.com/viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=36208 Taliban have opened office in Waziristan (Pakistan)].</ref>
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  • |logo = Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg ...0714142855/http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/45394.htm| archivedate = July 14, 2007}}</ref>
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  • ...igation of the [[2001 anthrax attacks]]. [[FBI]] searches of his apartment in July and August 2002 were well-attended by [[journalists]], many of whom ha |title=Scientist Is Paid Millions by U.S. in Anthrax Suit
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  • ...ense]] consultant, speaker, and entrepreneur. He has actively participated in the development of biodefense strategy for the U.S. government, and has rep ...SSR]] of the [[Soviet Union]] (in present day [[Kazakhstan]]) and grew up in [[Almaty]], the republic's former capital.
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  • ...d civilian [[scientist]]s as well as highly specialized support personnel. In the 1950s and '60s, it pioneered unique, [[state-of-the-art]] [[biocontainm ...hrax, determined through [[genetic analysis]] to be the [[bacterium]] used in the [[2001 anthrax attacks]].<ref>[http://www.usamriid.army.mil/education/i
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  • ...rs. The ensuing investigation became "one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement."<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/anthrax/amerithraxl ...bs at [[Fort Detrick]] in [[Frederick, Maryland|Frederick]], [[Maryland]]. In June 2008, Ivins was told of the impending prosecution, and on July 27, 200
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  • ...umb|250px|[[NBC Nightly News|NBC's]] [[Tom Brokaw]] was one of the targets in the first mailing.]] ...be the "murder weapon." The timeline also shows that the Ames strain used in the attacks was originally thought to be a common strain from Iowa, and it
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  • ...r Pat Troop - Deputy Chief Medical Officer|title=Concern over ricin poison in the environment|publisher=Department of Health (CEM/CMO/2003/1)|accessdate= ...06-10-17|publisher=Globalsecurity.org}}</ref> Reporting restrictions were in place before the public's perceptions could be corrected.<ref name="bbcsum"
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  • |war =the [[Insurgency in the Philippines]] ...ead, September 4, 2006</ref><br/>[[Abdurajik Abubakar Janjalani]] [[Killed in action|KIA]] <ref>Reported dead, December 8, 1998</ref>
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  • |war=the [[Iraq War]] |area= [[Iraq]]
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  • ...Aweys resigned from the ICU on December 28, 2006, at the [[end of ICU rule in Mogadishu]]. ...ns his Sufi background.<ref name=SOMALI-ISLAMIST-LEADER-VAGUE-ON-TERRORISM-IN-INTERVIEW>{{cite news
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  • ...Theater Internment Facility]] and the [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]], in [[Cuba]], by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government] ...ters, buying a rifle and a handgun, that he "thought about" taking up arms in Chechnya, and being an acquaintance of people linked to terrorism (most not
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  • ...image removed: [[Image:SaltPitAfghanistan.jpg|thumb|225px|The [[Salt Pit]] in [[Afghanistan]].]] --> ...360817.stm | accessdate=2007-02-14 | publisher=[[BBC]] | date=February 14, 2007 }}</ref>
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  • ...hreats. It also discusses the government policies and procedures currently in place at land border crossings, ports, and airports to combat the terrorist ...re capable of getting past the government screening restrictions that were in place, one could only imagine how great of a threat to America was posed by
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  • |caption=<small>[[Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory|Pharmaceutical factory in Shifa]], Sudan destroyed during Operation Infinite Reach</small> ...bombings of US embassies]] in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]], rapid escalation in Al-Qaeda operations.
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  • |conflict=Drone attacks in Pakistan |partof= the [[War on Terrorism]], [[War in North-West Pakistan]], [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]]
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  • {{Wikisource|Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism}} ...are suspected of being from the senior ranks of [[al Qaeda]], referred to in U.S. [[terminology|military terms]] as "high value detainees."{{Citation ne
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  • {{Redirect|Extraordinary Rendition|the 2007 film|Extraordinary Rendition (film)}} .../> "'''Torture by proxy'''" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States has transferred suspected terrorists to countries k
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  • ...Fugitives]] list. It now serves as a companion to that earlier list, which in years past, had listed several major terrorist fugitives. In response to the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] on the [[United States]], fo
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  • ...en. Typically, a murder will be surreptitious, with the corpse disposed of in such a way as to prevent it ever being found, so that the person apparently ...have ''disappeared'' them, rather than ''made'' them disappear. Of course, in these circumstances, both the formal expressions "was made to disappear" or
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  • ...firing range DF-SD-04-11509.JPG|300px|right|thumb|Georgian troops training in October 2002 as part of the Georgia Train and Equip Program]] ...to enhance its counter-terrorism capabilities and addressed the situation in the [[Pankisi Gorge]].
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  • ...6_detention.pdf Information memorandum II on the alleged secret detentions in Council of Europe state, reported by Dick Marty, January 22, 2006]</ref> ..."CIA Chief Defends Detention of Suspects"], Associated Press, September 7, 2007</ref>
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  • ...racuse Post Standard]]'', October 28, 2005</ref> Dhafir had been born in [[Iraq]]. ...cted as a white collar criminal the government touts his case as a success in its "war on terror." A statement issued by [[Attorney General]] [[Alberto
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  • .../article.jsp?aid=123</ref> According to the FBI, the JDL has been involved in plotting terrorist attacks within the [[United States]].<ref name=fbi />. Founded by [[Rabbi]] [[Meir Kahane]] in [[New York City]] in 1968, JDL's self-described purpose was to protect [[Jews]] from local manif
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  • In 2004, the US government claimed that newly released captives from Guantanam | accessdate=2007-07-15
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  • ...he Military Commissions Act of 2006, during a ceremony on October 17, 2006 in the [[East Room]] of the [[White House]].]] ...United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] on October 17, 2006. Drafted in the wake of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]'s deci
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  • ...S. citizens from the four largest [[telephone company|telephone carriers]] in the United States: [[AT&T]], [[SBC Communications|SBC]], [[BellSouth]] (all ...rmation (caller, receiver, date/time of call, length of call, etc) for use in [[traffic analysis]] and [[social network analysis]], but do not include au
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  • ...h resulted in the interception of communications that were purely domestic in nature.<ref name=nytimes051221>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/ ...atute; this is punishable with a fine of up to $10,000 or up to five years in prison, or both.<ref>{{cite web
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  • ...m the [[3rd US Infantry|3rd Infantry Regiment]] participate in an exercise in [[Djibouti]]. [[Piracy in Somalia|Somali Pirates]]<br/>
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  • ...providing a mainframe computer system to facilitate immigration processing in half a dozen countries. Foreign authorities used the technology to watchlis ...ainst facial images, fingerprints and biographical information at airports in high-risk countries. A high-speed data network permits U.S. authorities to
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  • | conviction_penalty = Sentenced to 17 years and four months in prison. | conviction_status = Incarcerated, [[ADX Supermax Prison]] in Florence, Colorado
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  • {{Dablink|In political rhetoric, "preemptive war" may also be used to refer to [[prevent ...tion is more widely accepted as legitimate and prudent.<ref>Shue and Rodin 2007, p. 118.</ref> As early as 1625, [[Hugo Grotius]] characterized a state's r
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  • ...y]] and [[John Yoo]] from the [[George W. Bush administration]] maintained in their discussion of the [[Bush Doctrine]] that these standards are unrealis ...im it has been used throughout American history and is especially relevant in the present as it relates to unconventional war tactics and [[weapons of ma
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  • ...s formerly an intelligence officer at the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. In his 22-year career, he served as the Chief of the [[Bin Laden Issue Station ...orism''. 2006, page 243-4</ref> Osama bin Laden acknowledged the book in a 2007 statement, suggesting that it revealed "the reasons for your losing the war
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  • {{unreferenced|date=May 2007}} ...to the US [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE) in case of changes in plans. They are also able to travel to and from the US via certain ports on
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  • ...o strengthen the [[United States]]' stance throughout the [[Middle East]]. In [[military]] terms, "reset" refers to "a series of actions to restore units ...le [[civil war in Iraq|internal]] and [[Iraq war|external]] conflicts in [[Iraq]]. The plan for strategic reset entails four key measures:
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  • ...rc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/terrorism-ihl-210705 The relevance of IHL in the context of terrorism]'', 21 July 2005</ref> ...[Fourth Geneva Convention]] so that he must be "treated with humanity and, in case of trial, shall not be deprived of the rights of fair and regular tria
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  • ...st being the [[Iraq War|War in Iraq]], beginning with a [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 invasion]]. Originally, it was waged against [[al-Qaeda]] and other te ...rican soldier standby to engage an enemy, a car bomb detonates in Baghdad, Iraq.
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  • ...ghout the world. A nutritious food with unique health benefits, it is rich in [[protein]], [[calcium]], [[riboflavin]], [[vitamin B6 | vitamin B<sub>6</s ...Some eastern [[dialects]] retain the consonant in this position, and Turks in the [[Balkans]] pronounce the word with a hard {{IPA|/ɡ/}}.
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  • {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}} ...Greece]] and [[Cypriot cuisine|Cyprus]] ''ariani'' (''αριάνι''), and in [[Kurdish cuisine|Kurdish Regions]] ''mastaw'' ('yogurt water').<ref>Dictio
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  • ...orne Executive]] portable computer, from 1982, and an [[iPhone]], released 2007. The Executive weighs 100 times as much, is nearly 500 times as large by vo ...a chip would double every year. He then recalibrated it to every two years in 1975. David House, an Intel executive at the time, noted that the changes w
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